An ad hominem attack occurs when a person attacks the character of a person rather than attacking what that person said. Here’s an example: “Don’t listen to Tommy. He’s a big fat slob.” This argument is not valid because the attack has nothing to do with the content of Tommy’s…
A proposed new federal statute would prohibit politicians from wearing their pants higher than their current ratings in the polls. RJ Matson, The New York Observer [Printed with permission of Cagle Cartoons]
RJ Matson, The New York Observer Printed with permission of Cagle Cartoons.
This recent article from Scientific American Mind will guide you. It contains summaries of the results of several studies.
To start off my day today, I reviewed some of the inconvenient history about Thanksgiving. Then I moved on to anticipate the headline in tomorrow's paper. In what way (it's not a question of if) will the newspaper urge us to spend our precious time on the planet buying things we…